04-14-2004
if a user was allowed to mknod he woudl be able to create his own device files and could potentially really mess things up for an administrator.
mkfifo allows you to create a buffer area that is read by different process.
mknod is very strong. i would put it up there w/ allowing a user to issue adn execute the format utility.
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mkfifo
MKFIFO(1) BSD General Commands Manual MKFIFO(1)
NAME
mkfifo -- make fifos
SYNOPSIS
mkfifo [-m mode] fifo_name ...
DESCRIPTION
The mkfifo utility creates the fifos requested, in the order specified.
The options are as follows:
-m Set the file permission bits of the created fifos to the specified mode, ignoring the umask(2) of the calling process. The mode
argument takes any format that can be specified to the chmod(1) command. If a symbolic mode is specified, the op symbols '+' (plus)
and '-' (hyphen) are interpreted relative to an assumed initial mode of ``a=rw'' (read and write permissions for all).
If the -m option is not specified, fifos are created with mode 0666 modified by the umask(2) of the calling process. The mkfifo utility
requires write permission in the parent directory.
EXIT STATUS
The mkfifo utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
mkdir(1), rm(1), mkfifo(2), mknod(2), mknod(8)
STANDARDS
The mkfifo utility is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2 (``POSIX.2'') compliant.
HISTORY
The mkfifo command appeared in 4.4BSD.
BSD
January 5, 1994 BSD